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31 lines
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title = 'Signal Desktop on Arch & Wayland'
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date = 2024-07-01T13:37:53-07:00
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categories = ['Tutorial']
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tags = ['linux', 'arch', 'wayland']
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i've used [Signal][signal] as my preferred messaging app since around 2015. for a long time, i had the desktop application, and used it often to text directly from my laptop. since switching to Wayland, years ago now, i have simply lived without it: the desktop app didn't have native wayland support, and i was unwilling to jump through `xwayland` hoops.
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today, i finally broke down and went looking for a fix. it turns out Signal's electron app has [supported wayland since 2021][signal-wayland]. to get this to work with my launcher in Arch Linux, i had to run with the following options: `--enable-features=UseOzonePlatform --ozone-platform=wayland`.
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my full [signal-desktop.desktop][https://gitlab.com/no_reply/sublingual/-/blob/trunk/arch/usr/share/applications/signal-desktop.desktop#L7] is:
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{{< code-details summary="`signal-desktop.desktop" lang="toml" details=`
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[Desktop Entry]
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Type=Application
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Name=Signal
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Comment=Signal - Private Messenger
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Comment[de]=Signal - Sicherer Messenger
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Icon=signal-desktop
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Exec=signal-desktop --use-tray-icon --enable-features=UseOzonePlatform --ozone-platform=wayland -- %u
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Terminal=false
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Categories=Network;InstantMessaging;
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StartupWMClass=signal
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MimeType=x-scheme-handler/sgnl;x-scheme-handler/signalcaptcha;
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Keywords=sgnl;chat;im;messaging;messenger;security;privat;
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X-GNOME-UsesNotifications=true
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` >}}
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[signal]: https://signal.org/
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[signal-wayland]: https://www.fosskers.ca/en/blog/wayland#org3ddb5b
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